The Barnard Trail Chapter, NSDAR, was organized on Thursday afternoon, November 10, 1921 in Sylvester, Georgia. The following paragraphs are taken from the minutes during the year of 1921.

Mrs. C. F. Alford, who had been appointed Organizing Regent from National Headquarters, called together a number of ladies for the purpose of organizing a local Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. The following ladies, whose papers had been passed on and accepted by National headquarters, were present:

Madames G. F. Alford, E. J. Alford, H. C. Camp, E. K. Gulley, M. L. Lawson, M. H. and W. H. Westberry, and Misses Helen and Ruth Alford.

The meeting was opened with The Lord's Prayer spoken in unison, followed by the song "America". The Flag Salute was given, after which the Organizing Regent read the list of Chapter officers appointed by her. They were as follows:

Mrs. C. F. Alford, Regent, Mrs. M. H. Westberry, Vice-Regent, Miss Helen Alford, Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. W. H. Westberry, Recording Secretary, Mrs. H. C. Camp, Registrar, Mrs. M. L. Lawson, Treasurer, and Mrs. N. A. McPhaul, Historian.

She then read the duties of each officer, after which they were requested to stand and take the oath of office. The Regent then explained that the name they had chosen could not be used, but that others had been sent in, so the Chapter still had no official name. Committees were formed and it was decided that the next meeting would be in January, 1922, thus started the Barnard Trail Chapter of the NSDAR.

Barnard Trail Chapter was named after Timothy Barnard. Timothy was of English descent and was the first white man to settle in what is now Macon County, Georgia. His accomplishments were many, and included being the first farmer, first peach grower in Macon County, and the first mailman and road builder in the section. He operated a trading post on the Flint River from about 1770 until about 1820. He influenced the flow of trade goods up and down the Flint River and worked with Benjamin Hawkins as an interpreter, assistant, and confidant.

Timothy Barnard blazed a pathway from Uchee Town in Alabama to the ocean. Barnard's Path was a main thoroughfare from the Chattachoochee River to the Atlantic Ocean. One fork of Barnard's Path passed through Worth County, Georgia, and one of his campgrounds on this trail was just west of Isabella, later called San Barnard.